1. (botany) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
   "The clathrate fruit had a distinctive latticed appearance";
   - cancellate, cancellated
    
2. (chemistry) designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
   "Methane clathrate is a naturally occurring clathrate compound found in deep ocean sediments"

1. (chemistry) a solid in which one component (the guest) is enclosed in the crystal structure of another (the host)
   "Methane clathrates are found in deep ocean sediments"

Derived forms: clathrates

See also: enclosed, reticular, reticulate

Encyclopedia: Clathrate